Register for ‘Leadership For A Future’ Class of 2013
The 2013 Leadership for a Future class is now accepting applications. The premier organizer training program in the Rhode Island, Leadership for a Future is a great opportunity for people to learn how Rhode Island REALLY works and but also how to make it work better. You can register for the program ONLINE or download [...]
Chariho Committee Airs Differences in Public
Prompting an exercise of “they said, they said,” the Chariho School Committee released a public statement Tuesday night, taking issue with the conduct of Chariho teachers concerning the parties’ ongoing contract dispute. The Committee also released the full text of the Labor Board complaint the teachers filed against it and the ensuing written arguments, causing [...]
RIP, NEA-RI’s Jerry Egan: Working Class Hero
The Rhode Island Labor movement lost a legend early Wednesday morning with the passing of Jerome “Jerry” Egan. Brother Egan was a teacher at Cumberland High School, a past President of the Cumberland Teachers Association, former State Representative for the Edgewood and Pawtuxtet neighborhoods in Cranston, and for the last 23 years a staff organizer [...]
NK Teachers Won’t Cross Custodian Picket Line
North Kingstown public school teachers voted unanimously this afternoon to stand in solidarity with their fellow workers who plan a strike Tuesday for the first day of school to fight for fair wages for school custodians. Mary Barden, a middle school social studies teacher who is president of the local teachers’ union said the members [...]
Labor Strike Could Delay School Start in NK
Summer break might be extended in North Kingstown as school staff is considering striking to fight for school custodians whose jobs were outsourced to a private corporation earlier this summer. “At this time it is unclear if school will open on time,” said Pat Crowley, an official with the National Education Association of Rhode Island, [...]
Tuesday Rally to Support NK School Custodians
A rally in support of the North Kingstown custodians has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 10 at 6 p.m. at the North Kingstown School Administration Building, 100 Fairway, Drive North Kingstown. GCA Services, is the national privately owned company from Knoxville, Tennessee. The North Kingston School Committee voted privatize custodial services and turn over operations to GCA. [...]
EP To SK: Law Firm Earns Big Money Creating Chaos
Now that the House Finance Committee has released its proposed budget, it’s worth noting that most of Governor Chafee’s municipal relief package is not contained in the document. Readers familiar with my opinions will know what I think of that; so I wanted to use that fact to highlight another set of facts: that things [...]
‘Unions Buy Local’ Campaign Set to Launch
Two of Rhode Island’s largest unions, NEARI and the RI Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals, are launching a new Unions Buy Local campaign just prior to this Mother’s Day weekend. Shopping locally makes sense as we try to work with our neighbors to help grow our local – and state – economies. Rhode Island union [...]
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